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  #include &lt;map&gt;
  <strong>size_type</strong> max_size() const;
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  <p>The max_size() function returns the maximum number of elements
  that the multimap can hold. The max_size() function should not be
  confused with the <a href="size.html">size</a>() or (C++ Strings)
  <a href="../cppstring/capacity.html">capacity</a>() functions, which
  return the number of elements currently in the multimap and the the
  number of elements that the multimap will be able to hold before more
  memory will have to be allocated, respectively.</p>

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